How to Change the iCloudDrive Folder Location on a PC

You can't change this in the icloud settings.

I used the mklink command. It works like an advanced shortcut, letting you move the actual files somewhere else.

This command is built into win7 and later. I don't think xp includes it, but you can't use icloud on xp anymore anyway.

1、First, find the path where icloudrive is actually stored on the c drive. Mine is C:\Users\用户名\iCloudDrive. I've left out my username; it's usually the username you log in with.

2、Find a location on the d or e drive with enough free space. Cut and paste the iclouddrive folder you found into that location. After moving it, mine is the E:\iCloudDrive folder. Make sure you don't leave the original iCloudDrive folder on the c drive. If you copied it instead, delete the original folder.

3、Use the following command as a reference

MKLINK /D C:\Users\用户名\iCloudDrive E:\iCloudDrive 

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Replace C:\Users\用户名\iCloudDrive and E:\iCloudDrive with your own paths. Don't leave out the spaces.

Run the command above in cmd. On win8 and later, you generally need to run cmd as administrator, or you'll get an insufficient permissions error (I'm not sure why either; win8 seems to be stricter about folder permissions.)

Feel free to ask if anything is unclear.

Also, once you're done, working with the files in either location has the same effect.